This day occupies pages 219 through 252 of Volume II of the
transcript.
Statements 555-569 show the questions that the psychiatrists
will testify about on day 24.
Today an embarrassed Kosorotov opens the session with a
nasty tirade about the fact that he belongs to a certain imperial organization
that gives him status and credibility.
This is supposed to be a hit back at Dr. Pavlov who made him look like
an idiot the day before. The problem is
that in it he says things about anatomy and medicine that are factually the
opposite of the truth. Then watch the
defense attorneys turn him upside down, getting him to agree with Drs. Pavlov
and Kadyan, and contradict hmself. It’s
a beautiful performance and ought to leave him shamed and humbled. See particularly statement 151 in which
Kosorotov admits to Karabchevsky that the heart injury was not fatal, although
the rules and regulations of forensic medicine say all heart injuries are fatal,
and his example of a similar situation he was involved in.
One thing to remember during Kosorotov’s peroration is that
he is speaking in 1913. One hundred years
later, doctors can do things Dr. Pavlov couldn’t dream of, let alone the less
factually informed Kosorotov. The real
problem is that he has been paid only half of what has been promised him for
testifying in this case and he may have reason to suspect that he won’t get the
other half unless he vigorously defends the second autopsy and the conclusions
the government wanted to support from it.
Kosorotov knows absolutely of statistics that 1% of heart
injuries are NOT fatal if the right measures are taken at the right time, and
another 9% need not be fatal under a lesser standard of care. He is not capable of seeing past his rules
and regulations to say that maybe Dr. Pavlov is onto something and that more
heart injuries should be survivable. Dr.
Pavlov, at his age, is pushing the envelope.
Kosorotov doesn’t even see the envelope despite the fact that it
restricts his movements to the point of inactivity.
Tufanov makes an absolutely stunning statement, look down
around 413. The question about 13 vs. 14
wounds on the right neck is fundamental to supporting Pranaitis’ claim about
the features of ritual murder. Tufanov
was involved in the second autopsy which was supposed to open the door to this
kind of proof. He also signed the
autopsy report imported to Kiev by Chaplinsky for that purpose. In an argument about the accuracy of the
photos Tufanov took on March 23, not only does it turn out that the photos do
not qualify as official records, they don’t even match the specimen. Boldyrev goes back to the corpse but since
the autopsy report signed by Tufanov does not provide a count of these wounds,
Boldyrev has to ask Tufanov whether he remembers how many wounds were on the
corpse. And Tufanov says he didn’t
look at the corpse. It is one more
step in a chain of admissions and statements that prove Tufanov had no clue how
to do his job, either technically or in the issue of following protocol needed
to assure a chain of custody and protection of evidence against tampering.
Judge: Fyodor Boldyrev
Prosecution:
Criminal
Prosecutor, Oscar Vipper
Civil
Prosecutor Georgy Zamyslovsky
Private
Civil Prosecutor Aleksey Shmakov
Defense:
Oscar
Gruzenberg
Nikolay Karabchevsky
Dmitry Grigorevich-Barsky
Alexandr Zarudny
Vasily Maklakov
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Witness
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Notes
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Transcript
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Translation
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Statement
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Kosorotov
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Contradicts himself
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219
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2006
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1
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Tufanov
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Brought back due to discussion about photos versus
specimens
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235
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2040
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238
348*
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Pavlov
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Rebuttal to Kosorotov
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240
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2048
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422
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Obolonsky
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Written conclusions
Read out
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245
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2058
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518
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Questions for the psychiatrists
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248
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2064
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555
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Zhenya Cheberyak
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Discussion of his death
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248
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2065
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570
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Proposals for later scriptural testimony
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252
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2072
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705
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* The discussion starts at statement 238, and then Tufanov
is called in for a tie-breaker at 348.
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